Safety baby-holder



(No Model.)

K. HATCH.

SAFETY BABY HOLDER. No. 574,731. Patented Jan. 5, 1897.

WITNESSES: l/VVE/VTOR I I I E I I ATTORNEYS.

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KATE HATCH, OF BROOKLYN, NETV YORK.

SAFETY BABY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 1\l'o. 574,731, dated January 5, 1897.

Application filed April 2'7, 1896. Serial No. 589,281. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, KATE HATCH, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Safety Baby-Holder, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved safety babyholder designed for use on babycarriages, chairs, swings, and the like, to securely hold the baby in place, at the same time allowing sufficient freedom of the entire body without danger of the baby falling out of the carriage, chair, &c.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as applied and with part of one side of the baby-carriage broken out, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the improvement with part broken out.

The improved safety baby-holder is provided with a netting A, made of cord, leather, or other suitable material, the strands being knotted to form comparatively large meshes, as indicated in Fig. 2.

The netting is fashioned in such a manner as to form a pocket adapted to inclose the sides and rear portion of the babys body, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1, the said netting being for this purpose open at the front and at the top, the strands at the upper end of the netting being rigidly secured toa belt B,

baby and fastened in front by the usual buckle and perforated end of the belt, as plainly indicated in Fig. 1.

The strands at the lower end of the netting A pass through apertures 0, formed in a bottom 0, of a size corresponding approximately to the carriage-seat or that of the chair or swing, the bottom being made of very thin material, preferably wood, and adapted to be fastened to the carriage-bottom or chair or swing seat, as the case maybe.

The lower ends of the strands forming the netting are formed into loops, through which passes a rod E, made of metal and attached to the under side of the bottom 0 by staples or other desirable means.

' It will be seen that the openings 0 are placed suitable distances apart, so as to hold the loops of the strands the proper distances apart on the rod E and insure a properform of the netting A at all times. I

As indicated in Fig. 2, the rear portion A of the netting is made somewhat baggy, so as 30 readily conform to the shape of the babys b0 y.

The meshes in the lower row of the netting are very long and extend the height of the seat placed in the baby-carriage and on which the baby is placed, it being understood that the bottom 0 is attached to the bottom of the carriage and not to the seat thereof.

The device is very simple, and durable in construction, is readily applied, and gives all the necessary freedom to the child without any danger whatever of the child falling out of the carriage, chair, swing, or other device on which the holder is applied.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A safety baby-holder, comprising a netting fashioned to form a pocket open at the front and top, a belt to which the strands at the upper end of the netting are fastened and a bottom with which the strands at the lower end of the netting are connected at predetermined intervals, substantially as shown and described.

2. A safety baby-holder, comprisinganetting fashioned to form a pocket open at the front and top, a belt connected with the upper end of the netting, and means for engaging the lower end of the netting to hold the several meshes suitable distances apart, substantially as shown and described.

3. A safety baby-holder, comprising a netting fashioned to form a pocket open at the front and top, a belt secured to the upper end of the netting, a rod engaging loops formed by the lower ends of the strands of the netting, and a bottom formed with openings through which pass the strands to the said rod, the latter being attached to the under side of the bottom, substantially as shown and described.

KATE HATCH.

W'itnesses 2 JNO. M. BITTER, F. M. HANAFORD. 

